Bishop John Joseph Cassata †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
8 Nov 1908		Born	Galveston
8 Dec 1932	24.1	Ordained Priest	Priest
12 Mar 1968	59.3	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA
12 Mar 1968	59.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bida
5 Jun 1968	59.6	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bida
22 Aug 1969	60.8	Appointed	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
16 Sep 1980	71.9	Resigned	Bishop of Fort Worth, Texas, USA
8 Sep 1989	80.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Fort Worth, Texas, USA

a priest for 56.8 years
a bishop for 21.3 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Louis Morkovsky †
Bishop Frank Henry Greteman †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop John Joseph Cassata † (1968)
Bishop Thomas Kiely Gorman † (1931)
Archbishop John Joseph Cantwell † (1917)
Archbishop Edward Joseph Hanna † (1912)
Giovanni Vincenzo Cardinal Bonzano † (1912)
Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val y Zulueta † (1900)
Mariano Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro † (1882)
Edward Henry Cardinal Howard † (1872)
Carlo Cardinal Sacconi † (1851)
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galeffi † (1819)
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Patrick Delaney †

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